Hello all! Happy new year!
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I noticed you want to re-enter India from Nepal and Bangladesh. When i was there in march you had to wait 2 months before re-entering India. I dont think it has changed since then but check it out. It might change you plans a bit. Otherwise good luck with the planning and have fun!
Mike
Hey Mike!
From what I've read on the Indian visa website you're correct - there is normally a 2 month waiting period before re-entering India. However, I'm fairly sure you can apply for a multiple entry visa that allows you to re-enter India without the waiting time, providing you send documents outlining your plans. Is two re-entries pushing it though? I don't know how difficult it is to get a multiple entry visa in the first place?!
Where did you go in India, Mike?
Cheers
John
John, for the visa I'd check on they have the most up to date word. Keep in mind its India and even when its the law, doesnt always make it so, and vise-versa. Ive heard of people that had multiple entry visa's and not allowed back in and then returned the next day to another officer who did let them in. Its very difficult to get a straight answer on anything Indian!
How long are you giving yourself in the Shimla area before returning to Delhi? To me all that area of Himachal Pradesh is amazing, although April is very early and you'll likely have snow on all the passes, making them..um un-passable.
Also if you are wanting to head to Nepal you might do better to go straight from Himashal rather than come all the way back to Delhi.
Easiest crossing point? they all have good days and bad! (see first paragraph) The good thing is when you get ripped off, they can't do much damage and its maybe $5-10 at the most.
A week in Kolkatta would be ample. Citys are hard work in India and Kolkatta is one of the hardest.
I met the cutest girl from Dhaka in Nepal. She was traveling alone too! A year later I ran into her again in Manali!!, this time married to a really nice guy also from Dhaka. She gave me her email address, but unfortunately I can't find it now. not much help huh, but gives you hope that there are some really nice people in Dhaka!
In your North India trip, do try to go all the way up till Leh and Ladakh. The landscape is very different from what you would see in Simla and generally elsewhere on the Himalayas.
Don't miss Kerala! Specially the house boat tour of the backwaters. Its on top 10 things you do before you die list of Lonely Planet :D
In Goa, you can stay at any of the hotels near the famous beaches of Calangute or Anjuna etc. The night life is very happening (at least in the winters) and you can enjoy a brinner (breakfast/dinner) like I did 4 in the morning on a beach shack. You can find cheaper hotels in or near Panjim (Capital of Goa).
Cheers,
Ron
Hiya, in terms of the visa's, you'll have to contact the relevant consulates. India has so much to see, just depends on what your into... as for a week in Bangla, one option is to take a 2 day trip on the 'rocket' steamer boat either from Dhaka to Khula or vice versa (they usually do the run 4 times per week). I think from the border crossing at Benapole, you could take a bus to Khulna, buy your boat ticket (1st class approx. $30), check out Bagerhat, then jump onto the 'rocket'. Then in Dhaka, see Sadarghat, where the 'rocket' docks either in the morning or late afternoon, wander through old Dhaka, take a few rides on rickshaw's & CNG's, get stuck in traffic, visit the War Liberation Museum, eat a biryani, experience a torrential downpour, be asked for baksheesh... stay in old or central Dhaka to check out the sites around the old town, then move to Gulshan when you plan to fly out as the traffic is terrible... obviously there is much more to see & do, but you only have a week!
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